NOBEL PRIZE
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA NEWS UND’s next ‘Great Conversation’ is Wednesday with James Orbinski of Doctors Without Borders
In celebration of its 50th anniversary, the UND Honors Program is hosting a Great Conversation with James Orbinski Wednesday, Oct. 26, at 7 p.m. at the Chester Fritz Auditorium. The event is free and ...
Posted on 10/24/11 at 12:23 PM
Nobel winning economist Roth has book deal 
One of this year's winners of the Nobel Prize for economics is working on a new book.
December 02, 2012
OBIT: F. Sherwood Rowland, 84, Nobel scientist who warned of Earth's thinning ozone layer
F. Sherwood Rowland, the Nobel prize-winning chemist who sounded the alarm on the thinning of the Earth's ozone layer and crusaded against the use of man-made chemicals that were harming earth's atmospheric blanket, has died.
By Associated Press , March 12, 2012
Nobel peace prize jury under intensifying scrutiny
Stockholm's County Administrative Board — the authority that supervises foundations and trusts in the city — has formally asked the Nobel Foundation to respond to allegations that the peace prize no longer reflects the will of Nobel, a Swedish industrialist who died in 1896.
By Karl Ritter , February 01, 2012
Nobel win by Sweden's Transtromer celebrated by Minnesota poet
Acclaimed Minnesota poet Robert Bly is helping celebrate the Nobel Prize for Literature claimed recently by his longtime friend, Sweden's Tomas Transtromer.
By Associated Press , December 13, 2011
Women from Libera, Yemen accept Nobel Peace Prize
Three women who fought injustice, dictatorship and sexual violence in Liberia and Yemen accepted the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize today, calling on repressed women worldwide to rise up against male supremacy.
By Bjoern H. Amland and Louise Nordstrom , December 10, 2011
Americans Sargent, Sims win Nobel economics prize
Americans Thomas Sargent and Christopher Sims won the Nobel economics prize today for research that sheds light on the cause-and-effect relationship between the economy and policy instruments such as interest rates and government spending - research carried out independently in the 1970s and '80s but highly relevant today.
By Karl Ritter and Malin Rising , October 10, 2011
Nobel Peace Prize goes to women's rights activists
VIDEO: Watch at bottom of articleThe Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to three champions of women's rights in Africa and the Middle East today in an attempt to bolster the role of women in struggles to bring democracy to nations suffering from autocratic rule and civil strife.
By Bjoern H. Amland and Karl Ritter , October 07, 2011
Swedish poet Transtromer wins Nobel in literature
The 2011 Nobel Prize in literature was awarded today to Tomas Transtromer of Sweden, whose surrealistic works about the mysteries of the human mind won him wide recognition as the most influential Scandinavian poet of recent decades.
By Karl Ritter and Malin Rising , October 06, 2011
UPDATE: Israeli scientist Shechtman wins Nobel chemistry prize
VIDEO:Watch at bottom of articleIsraeli scientist Dan Shechtman was awarded the Nobel Prize in chemistry today for a discovery that faced skepticism and mockery, even prompting his expulsion from his research team, before it won widespread acceptance as a fundamental breakthrough.
By Associated Press , October 05, 2011
Maryland prof shares Nobel Prize over faster growing universe
VIDEO: Scroll to bottom of page to viewA Johns Hopkins University professor was one of three scientists awarded the 2011 Nobel Prize in physics today for discovering that the universe is expanding at a faster and faster rate, contrary to science's conventional wisdom.
By Jessica Gresko , October 04, 2011
Just days after his death, scientist wins Nobel for medicine
A pioneering researcher was awarded the Nobel Prize in medicine today, three days after dying of pancreatic cancer without ever knowing he was about to be honored for his immune system work that he had used to prolong his own life.
By Karl Ritter and Louise Nordstrom , October 03, 2011
Wife of Nobel Peace laureate under house arrest in Beijing
Members of the media and visitors continued to be prevented by Chinese security officers today from meeting the wife of jailed Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo, winner of this year's Nobel Peace Prize.
By Associated Press , October 11, 2010
2 Americans, 1 British-Cypriot win econ Nobel
Americans Peter Diamond and Dale Mortensen and Christopher Pissarides, a British and Cypriot citizen, won the 2010 Nobel economics prize today for developing theories that help explain how economic policies can affect unemployment
By Karl Ritter and Louise Nordstrom , October 11, 2010
Geim and Novoselov win Nobel Prize in physics
Russian-born scientists Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov have won the Nobel Prize in physics.
By Associated Press , October 05, 2010
In-vitro UK pioneer Edwards wins medicine Nobel
Robert Edwards of Britain won the 2010 Nobel Prize in medicine today for developing in-vitro fertilization, a controversial breakthrough that ignited sharp criticism from religious leaders but helped millions of infertile couples in the last three decades have children.
By Karl Ritter and Malin Rising , October 04, 2010
View your ad here! Cost effective targeted advertising.
Contextual advertising starting as low as $79/month. This includes targeted ad delivery and search results!
Add your business to the Marketplace »
RSS Feeds